A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant

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U.S. GRANT.

[The following messages were sent to the special session of the Senate convened by proclamation (see pp. 133-134) of April 20, 1871.]

WASHINGTON, May 10, 1871.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the settlement of pending questions between the two countries, signed at Washington on the 8th instant by the commissioners of the United States and Great Britain, respectively.

Copies of the powers and instructions to the commissioners on the part of the United States and the protocols of the conferences are also transmitted.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, May 15, 1871.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 10th instant, a report[46] from the Secretary of State and the papers which accompanied it.